Costa will replace straws with non-plastic alternative
Britain's biggest coffee shop chain is to join the war on waste and stop offering plastic straws. The changes come after Theresa May called for an end to the use of ‘avoidable plastic’ over the next 25 years, following the Daily Mail’s campaign to Turn the Tide on Plastic. Estimates suggest straws can take up to 500 years to break down after being dumped in landfill The changes come after Theresa May called for an end to the use of ‘avoidable plastic’ over the next 25 years Both will be replaced with a non-plastic alternative. Lead researcher Alejandro Gallego Schmid said: ‘Discarded electrical equipment, such as microwaves, is one of the fastest growing waste streams worldwide.’ Only two supermarkets, Aldi and the Co-op, provided details about the amount of plastic packaging they put on to the market when asked by the Guardian. Eunomia chairman Dominic Hogg said: ‘The data reported for plastic packaging put on the market as a whole is an underestimate.’ Supermarkets keep their plastic footprint secret with a confidentiality agreement signed with the agencies involved in the British recycling compliance scheme.
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